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FedEx impact in Asia Pacific hits USD $5.7 billion

Last month
FedEx says its Asia Pacific operations delivered USD $5.7 billion in economic impact in 2025 as it ramps up routes, tech and green investments.
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AirTrunk to invest AUD $5bn in new Melbourne AI campus

Wed, 24th Dec 2025
AirTrunk will pour AUD $5bn into a second Melbourne hyperscale campus, boosting its local AI and cloud data capacity beyond 630MW.
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AirTrunk to build second Osaka hyperscale data centre

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
AirTrunk will build a second Osaka hyperscale data centre, lifting its Japan platform to 530MW and its regional investment to USD $8 billion.
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STACK secures JPY ¥39.7bn green loan for Tokyo data centre

Fri, 24th Oct 2025
STACK Infrastructure secures a JPY ¥39.7bn green loan to fund its 36MW TKY01 data centre in Greater Tokyo, enhancing sustainable digital infrastructure capacity.
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Oracle & Google Cloud launch new AI database services & regions

Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Oracle and Google Cloud unveil AI-powered database services and expand Oracle Database@Google Cloud to eight regions, enhancing multicloud flexibility and partner access.
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Specialist Sports boosts efficiency with automated warehouse tech

Fri, 15th Aug 2025
Specialist Sports has boosted efficiency by automating its warehouse and order management using Microsoft Dynamics 365, BPA Platform, and AutoStore robotics.
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CapitaLand invests USD $700m in Osaka data centre project

Mon, 10th Feb 2025
CapitaLand is investing over USD $700 million in a new data centre in Osaka, Japan, expanding its portfolio to meet rising digital demand.
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AirTrunk unveils second Tokyo data centre with sustainable edge

Thu, 16th May 2024
AirTrunk has officially opened its second Tokyo data centre, TOK2, one of Japan's largest, providing 110 MW capacity for tech giants.
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Japanese markets lead in global data centre rankings

Wed, 17th Apr 2024
Japan's data centre market outshines the rest of Asia Pacific, with Tokyo and Osaka scoring highly in global established and emerging markets rankings, according to annual Global Data Centre Market Comparison report.
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AirTrunk initiates construction of new data centre in West Osaka

Thu, 7th Mar 2024
AirTrunk initiates the construction of a 20MW data centre, AirTrunk OSK1, in West Osaka, marking a major step in Japan's digital evolution and enhancing cloud technology infrastructure.
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Japan unveils third superconducting quantum computer

Thu, 28th Dec 2023
Japan's third superconducting quantum computer, developed by top scientific institutions and tech companies, sets for user access in December.
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Equinix to expand liquid cooling tech support in IBX data centres globally

Tue, 12th Dec 2023
Equinix has announced plans to extend support for advanced liquid cooling technologies in over 100 of its global data centres. .
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Singapore's DCRU eyes Japanese market amid asset performance boost efforts

Fri, 3rd Nov 2023
Singapore's DCRU has targeted Japan expansion as it shores up assets via various agreements, including property sales.
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AirTrunk plans new hyperscale DC in Osaka to bolster Japanese presence

Wed, 18th Oct 2023
AirTrunk expands its Japanese market presence with the establishment of a new hyperscale data centre in Osaka.
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Akamai Technologies celebrates 20 years in Asia-Pacific

Thu, 14th Sep 2023
Akamai Technologies is celebrating 20 years in Asia-Pacific and Japan and is confident about the future as customer demand grows in cloud computing.
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STACK Infrastructure delivers first data center in Australia

Fri, 25th Aug 2023
STACK Infrastructure has announced the completion of its first Asia Pacific data center, located in Melbourne, Australia.
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GLP’s new global data centre breaks ground in Tokyo

Fri, 11th Aug 2023
The new 31 MW campus will provide critical digital infrastructure to support Japan's accelerating cloud computing and AI growth.
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Equinix launches second xScale data center in Tokyo

Thu, 6th Jul 2023
Addressing the growing demand for cloud services in Tokyo, Japan, Equinix announced the opening of TY13x, its second Tokyo-based xScale data center.
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Cloud important to 96% of channel partners strategy - Akamai

Mon, 24th Apr 2023
The results are based on a survey of 386 respondents across ANZ, Japan, China, India, Singapore, and South Korea.
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Akamai invests heavily in cloud computing following new research

Wed, 12th Apr 2023
Akamai survey reveals varying levels of investment in cloud computing among businesses in Asia-Pacific, but overall acknowledgement of its importance.